1. Miss McCoy Lesson #13 Paragraph Writing, The Story of Daniel
English 9 and Bible
Miss McCoy
Lesson #13
Paragraph Writing, The Story of Daniel

2. Review Paragraph Writing
A paragraph is a group of sentences focused on one main idea.
Every paragraph needs a Topic Sentence.
All other sentences support the Topic Sentence.
Paragraphs end with a Concluding Sentence.

3. Developing Unified Paragraphs
A paragraph is unified when every sentence develops the point made in the topic sentence.
It must have a single focus and it must contain no irrelevant facts.

4. Developing Unified Paragraphs
Every sentence must contribute to the paragraph by explaining, exemplifying, or expanding the topic sentence.

5. Developing Unified Paragraphs
In order to determine whether a paragraph is well developed ask yourself: "What main point am I trying to convey here?" (topic sentence) and then "Does every sentence clearly relate to this idea?"

6. Developing Unified Paragraphs
There are several ways you can build good, clear paragraphs:
development by detail
comparison and contrast
process
combination of the above

7. Developing Unified Paragraphs
1. Paragraph Development by Detail
~most common and easiest form of development: simply expand on a general topic sentence using specific examples or illustrations.

8. Development by Detail
Computers are a link to the entire world. People can connect to others in foreign countries. Students can attend schools via the internet. Anyone can access information using a computer. They have become our gateway to the world.

9. Development by Detail
Computers are a link to the entire world. People can connect to others in foreign countries. Students can attend schools via the internet. Anyone can access information using a computer. They have become our gateway to the world.

10. Development by Detail Computers are a link to the entire world.
Detail 1- People can connect to others in foreign countries.

11. Development by Detail Computers are a link to the entire world.
Detail 2- Students can attend schools via the internet.

12. Development by Detail Computers are a link to the entire world.
Detail 3- Anyone can access information using a computer.

13. Development by Detail Computers are a link to the entire world.
Concluding Sentence- They have become our gateway to the world.

14. Development by Comparison and Contrast
You should consider developing your paragraph by comparison and contrast when you are describing two or more things which have something, but not everything, in common.

15. Compare and Contrast
Essays and paragraphs are similar in their development but different in other ways. Both use an introduction, body, and conclusion to make their points. Both attempt to develop a main idea. An essay is longer though

16. Compare and Contrast
and goes into more detail. While their structure is the same, the essay and the paragraph do differ.

17. Compare and Contrast
Essays and paragraphs are similar in their development but different in other ways.
Compare 1- Both use an introduction, body, and conclusion to make their points.

18. Compare and Contrast
Essays and paragraphs are similar in their development but different in other ways.
Compare 2- Both attempt to develop a main idea.

19. Compare and Contrast
Essays and paragraphs are similar in their development but different in other ways.
Contrast 1- An essay is longer though and goes into more detail.

20. Compare and Contrast
Essays and paragraphs are similar in their development but different in other ways.
Concluding Sentence- While their structure is the same, the essay and the paragraph do differ.

21. Paragraph Development by Process
Paragraph development by process involves a straightforward step-by-step description.

22. Process
To make a sandwich requires the proper ingredients. First lay out your bread, mayonnaise, turkey, and cheese. Next, spread the mayo on your bread. Then place one piece of cheese on the bread. Next place 2-3 slices of turkey on the cheese. Top with the remaining bread and slice diagonally. Finally, enjoy!

23. Process
To make a sandwich requires the proper ingredients.
Step 1- First lay out your bread, mayonnaise, turkey, and cheese.

24. Process Step 2- Next, spread the mayo on your bread.
To make a sandwich requires the proper ingredients.
Step 2- Next, spread the mayo on your bread.

25. Process Step 3- Then place one piece of cheese on the bread.
To make a sandwich requires the proper ingredients.
Step 3- Then place one piece of cheese on the bread.

26. Process Step 4- Next place 2-3 slices of turkey on the cheese.
To make a sandwich requires the proper ingredients.
Step 4- Next place 2-3 slices of turkey on the cheese.

27. Process
To make a sandwich requires the proper ingredients.
Step 5- Top with the remaining bread and slice diagonally. Finally, enjoy!

28. Process Concluding Sentence- Finally, enjoy!
To make a sandwich requires the proper ingredients.
Concluding Sentence- Finally, enjoy!

29. Paragraph Development by Combination
Very often, a single paragraph will contain development by a combination of methods.

30. Paragraph Development by Combination
It may begin with a brief comparison, and move on to provide detailed descriptions of the subjects being compared.

31. Paragraph Development by Combination
A process analysis might include a brief history of the process in question. Many paragraphs include lists of examples.

32. Combination
The characteristics used to define males could be used to define females too, but they are not. Webster's Dictionary provides a list of "qualities considered distinctive of womanhood": "Gentleness, affection, and domesticity or fickleness, superficiality, and folly.“ Among the "qualities

33. Combination
considered distinctive of manhood" listed in the entry for man, no negative attributes detract from the "courage, strength, and vigor" the definers associate with males. According to this dictionary, womanish means "unsuitable to a man or to a strong character of either sex."

34. Combination
This paragraph is a good example of one which combines a comparison and contrast of contemporary notions of "manliness" and "womanliness" with an extended list of examples.

35. Assignment
Take one of your Topic Sentences you wrote from the last lesson, and develop a unified paragraph using one of these processes OR a combination of them.

36. Story Time
Drama revisited
The Story of Daniel, Book of Daniel

37. Drama Drama is written to be performed. Also known as a play.
Actors have “parts” and lines.
Plays are divided into Acts, which are divided into scenes.
Includes Stage Directions.

38. Cast of Characters:
Narrator
Servant
Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel

39. Narrator: There was a descendent of Abraham named Daniel
Narrator: There was a descendent of Abraham named Daniel. He was one of a large group of Jews that was moved from their homes in Jerusalem and taken far away to the kingdom of Babylon.

40. Servant: Oh, great King Nebuchadnezzar, why do you look so sad?
Nebuchadnezzar: I am greatly troubled. I have been having terrible dreams that worry me.
Servant: Why don’t I send for all your wise men and astrologers?

41. Narrator: So the king’s official went out to find all the wise men
Narrator: So the king’s official went out to find all the wise men. Daniel and his friends were considered part of this group.
Daniel: Why has the king ordered such a harsh decree?

42. Narrator: So Daniel went back to his friends and he asked them to pray and ask the God of Heaven to reveal the mystery of the dream, and they prayed HARD! During the night, God revealed the mystery to Daniel in a vision. In the morning Daniel said…

43. Daniel: I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers: Let us go tell the King what God has revealed! [walks across the stage to where the king sits, bows to the king]

45. Resources